Neuter
Rotwelsch
Meaning
Rotwelsch (secret cant formerly spoken in southern Germany and Switzerland)
Concepts
unintelligible language
incoherent language
talking nonsense
“all Greek to me”
thieves’ cant
common saying
Synonyms
Ganovensprache
Geheimsprache
Translations
argot
jerga
argot
argo
jargon
gergo
ιδιογλωσσίαPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʁoːtvɛlʃ/
Etymology
Uncertain. Rot (Rotwelsch for “beggar”, compare Rotte (“rout; group”)) + welsch (“Romance; foreign”). Compare Kauderwelsch (“gibberish”).
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